OBJECT DISCRETIZATION TO PARTICLES FOR COMPUTER SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS - Patent 1979833

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EP 1 979 833 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.04.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	15.10.2008 Bulletin 2008/42

(21)	Application number: 07717301.1

(22)	Date of filing: 18.01.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 17/10^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/060683

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2007/087489 (02.08.2007 Gazette 2007/31)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

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Priority:

23.01.2006 US 336860

(71)	Applicant: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
	Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	TILLMAN, Steven, T. Huntsville, AL 35803 (US) WITZIG, Andrew, J. Harvest, AL 35749 (US)

(74)	Representative: Esser, Wolfgang
	ITT Industries Management GmbH Cannonstrasse 1 71384 Weinstadt 71384 Weinstadt (DE)

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